Cisco Systems 2500 Series, CIVS-IPC-2500 Accessing the IP Camera Windows, protocol//ipaddress

Chapter 2 Getting Started

Accessing the IP Camera Windows

Step 6 After the IP camera reboots, start Internet Explorer and, in the Address field, enter the following:

protocol://ip_address

where:

•protocol is HTTPS or HTTP. (You can use HTTP only if you enabled it in Step 4.)

•ip_address is the IP address that you used in Step 1.

Step 7 If you are prompted to install ActiveX controls, which are required to view video from the IP camera, follow the on-screen prompts to do so.

The Main window appears and video from the IP camera starts playing automatically.

You can take these actions in the Main window:

•Click the Setup link to access configuration menus for the camera. For detailed information about these menus, see Chapter 3, “Configuring and Managing the IP Camera.”

•Click the Home link to view and control live video from the camera. For detailed information about these actions, see Chapter 4, “Viewing Live Video.”

•Click the Logout button to exit the window.

Accessing the IP Camera Windows

After you perform the initial configuration as described in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-5, follow the steps in this section each time that you want to access the IP camera windows to make configuration settings or view live video.

You access these windows by connecting to the IP camera from any PC that is on the same network as the IP camera and that meets these requirements:

•Operating system—Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Vista

•Browser—Internet Explorer 6.x with Service Pack 2, or later

You need this information to access the IP camera windows:

•IP address of the IP camera. By default, the IP camera attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server in your network. If the IP camera cannot obtain an IP address through DHCP within 90 seconds of powering up or resetting, it uses the default IP address of 192.168.0.100.

•Port number, if other than the default value. Default port numbers for the IP camera are 443 for HTTPS and 80 for HTTP. The IP camera administrator can enable an alternative HTTPS port and an alternative HTTP port as described in the “Advanced Setup Window” section on page 3-11.

•Your user name and password for the IP camera. The IP camera administrator configures user names and passwords as described in the “Users Window” section on page 3-16.

Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 Series IP Camera User Guide

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